Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 26: 10th J&K UT Shooting Championship was today declared open by Danesh Rana (IPS) at General Zorawar Singh Rifle Club Bari Brahmana, here today.
Around 100 shooters from various districts of J&K are participating in the championship. The shooters will compete in 10 meters and 50 meters Rifle/Pistol events.
The shooters who will attain minimum qualifying score (MQS) will be eligible to participate in 40th North Zone Shooting Championship which is scheduled to be held at Jaipur (Rajasthan) in Rifle/Pistol events from March 23 to April 6.
Earlier, the chief guest Danesh Rana (IPS) appreciated the efforts of J&K Rifle Association in conducting the championship and promoting the shooting sports in the J&K UT. He also apprized that J&K Police have always been instrumental in the promotion of games and sports. “The first Indoor Shooting Range was established at Gulshan Ground Jammu and large number of shooters have benefited and now, it is open for aspiring shooters of the UT,” he added.
Prominent others present on the occasion included Kuldeep Singh Jamwal president-J&K Rifle Association, Amjad Parvez Mirza general secretary, SS Sodhi, treasurer, Jaipal Singh, Ashok Kumar, joint secretary, Sharat Chander Singh, vice-president (ADM) Samar Dev Singh Charak (Advisor), Taranjit Singh Tony, Manu Partap Singh, Rahul Bakshi, Anupam Sambyal, ML Mehra and Karandeep Singh.
The matches will be conducted under the technical supervision of Rajesh Virdhy.
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